Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia has urged journalists, especially those from online news portals, to provide fairer coverage of the proceedings.

He also joked about how those who disparage the House could land behind bars.

Malaysiakini was among the news agencies he was displeased with, citing its coverage on the rejection of 30 questions related to 1MDB.

The speaker was particularly disgruntled with an open letter published in one news portal about the executive undermining Parliament by vetting questions.

"Either the person who wrote this (letter) doesn't know anything, or is painting a picture that the speaker of Parliament is an idiot, or that he is an idiot.

"Don't do coverage on just one side of the story," he told reporters in the Parliament press conference room this afternoon.

Pandikar later related a case in India where two journalists were sentenced by a regional parliament to one year in jail for contempt.

"So meaning if I want to be really nasty, I will find (the minister in charge of Parliament) Azalina (Othman Said) to support a motion, whoever writes anything in contempt of Parliament, goes to jail for a year," he said.

However, Pandikar stressed that he was not threatening the media, but merely sharing information.

"I didn't say I'm going to threaten you. I'm just reminding you. But if you push me to that, I can do that, I can be evil," he said in jest.

He then joked that the media should write nice things about him and his achievements, such as having implemented the minister question time, and second chambers to the Dewan Rakyat.

"Write how even though the speaker is short, his Malay is hard to understand, his English is all over the place, he has done quite a bit... but not everything is evil," he added with a chuckle.

Pandikar's hour-long press conference was focused mostly on educating journalists on Parliament's standing orders, and why he rejected certain questions on 1MDB.

The speaker's lecture was peppered with humour, including on why he wears his signature bow-ties.

"If I wear a tie I will be the same as the MPs. So that is why I wear a bow-tie, because I want to be different from them," he added.